2002年10月21日 · 1. Mozi and the Mohists. Mohism springs from the teachings of Mo Di, or Mozi (“Master Mo”), [] about whom little is known, not even what state he was from. The Shi Ji, a Han dynasty record, tells us only that he was an official of the state of Song and that he lived either at the same time as or after Confucius (d. 479 BCE), with whom he is often paired by Qin (221–206 BCE) and Han ...